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I just painted the grip backstrap and frame of my Walker with rust bluing solution. The first go didn't... well, go. I did it when it was too cold. Evidently nitric acid and metal salts turn green when they freeze. I got patchy rust from it, right where the frozen patches had been, but...

I've been looking for a good nipple wrench for my Walker, and I'm coming up empty-handed. I had occasion to handle a couple of the replica wrenches, and I'm quite unimpressed. I've found a few that are actually well made, but I'm given to understand that the Walker requires a specific wrench...

So, I've got the steel on my Walker polished down the way the instructions recommend. No more rough tool marks, but not a real fine, shiny polish. My question pertains to the "Fighting Dragoons" scene that Uberti engraves on the cylinder. It's a rather fine engraving, and it's not very deep...

That is to say, I done it. I decided that I hadn't celebrated my new job, it was Christmas, and I needed a project, so I bought the kit. The truth of the matter is that I really wanted it, and I had to come up with three good rationalizations before I could order it. None of them are really...

Ok, I've made a decision. I can't lay awake at night anymore dreaming about my very own horse pistol anymore. It's time to be a man and confront it. This leads me to an important question: Which one? I've found two kits (I strongly prefer the kit), one from Uberti and one is the Dixie brand...

A friend of mine has a BP pistol which he asked me to identify. I wrote down all the pertinent information, and promptly lost the paper. I know, I'm an idiot. Anyway, it's a single-shot cap and ball affair. Everything works from under the barrel. The nipple, and, of course, the hammer...

Check this out: http://www.theolympian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060821/NEWS/608210327 Evidently trapping and pepper spray are the best these people can come up with. After all, who would want to kill a cute, cuddly, rabies-spreading fuzzball? I vote for a suppressed .22mag, a night...

I'm helping a friend move to Denver, so I have a few quick questions: "No guns" signs. Binding? Bars? Restaurants that serve alcohol? Signage? Are universities off limits? Any other little details I need to know? Any chu... er... friends want to help me carry a dresser upstairs?

So, found a Ruger P90 the other day that I like. It's a good lookin' stainless model that shows about enough wear that I know it has been fired. Finish is clean, and he has 3 factory mags. He's asking $350 for it. Opinions?

A few friends of mine, four young ladies, have been having a bit of a problem with a certain fellow coming by their house looking for work. They have been, with a little assistance from a few of us fellows, fixing up their house and yard. So, this rather scruffy looking dude keeps coming to...

Ok, so I'm not moving anywhere, but some friends are. They're Texas residents at the moment, and they own a shotgun. We have concocted a plan whereby they give me the gun here in TX (I'm a Texan, too), move up there, acquire this idiotic FOID thing, and then I ship the gun to their local FFL...

A buddy of mine is graduating from the CLEET academy this week, and I'm thinking of getting him an ASP or some similar collapsible whompin' stick for a graduation present. Unfortunately, I have zero experience with such weapons. Anybody know who makes something good?

Back home in Texas we have a real clear and simple way to prohibit CCW on private property. A specific sign has to be posted in a specific way in a specific place. It's real hard to miss one (not that I see that many anyway). So, while poking around packing.org, I looked for something similar...

So I was visiting a friend the other day, and looking over his recently aquired Ruger P90. I cleaned it out for him, function tested it, and hopefully we'll be putting some rounds through it this weekend (if it rains... PLEASE let it rain). I got it all assembled and decided to test out the...

As a preface, I'm a 1911 guy. I like it, I shoot well with it, so it's my choice. Personal preference, you might say. So, the other day, I was visiting a friend's house, and in the course of cleaning several guns, he asked me to clean his duty weapon. It's a Glock... 17, I think. 9mm...

Well, we had a little range session tonight. Three of us had guns we hadn't tried out, so it was malfunction patrol tonight. One of us has a spiffy stainless BHP. Everything functioned perfectly. Go Browning! My 1911 was having problems with Wolf ammo sticking on the extractor, and I even...

Ok, so I want to sell a pistol to a buddy in Oklahoma. I'm a Texan. So, I take this gun with me to visit him, we head on down to his local FFL, and he does a transfer for us, buddy gives me the cash, and we're off to the races. Have I got it right, or do I need to have it sent to his FFL from...

I would like to compile a list of parts for a 1911 overhaul. I know what to go with for some parts thanks to you guys, but I would like a more complete list. I see that most like to swap out factory ejectors for something higher quality, so who makes something high quality? What's with...

So, I picked up a Springfield double-stack GI model the other day. It was a bit on the pricey side, although most of the Springfields seem to be, and $15 for a 10-round magazine is a bit steep (coming from the $3 7-rounders), but I'm rather impressed with it. Everything but the magazine looks...

So the professor teaching my Civil War class decided to haul a few of his guns down from his office for our class the other day. His only Civil War era gun (at least one that might have seen use then) is a Navy Model, but he passed around his Springfield 1873 to give everybody an idea of how...